Baillie Gifford & Co Portfolio holdings
Baillie Gifford & Co., founded in 1908 by Lt Col Augustus Baillie and Carlyle Gifford and headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland, is an independent, partnership-owned investment management firm renowned for its long-term, growth-oriented approach, managing over £230 billion ($290 billion USD) in assets as of late 2024. Focusing primarily on global equities, the firm serves institutional clients like pension funds and retail investors through mutual funds and investment trusts, such as the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, emphasizing fundamental research into innovative, high-growth companies—often holding stakes in firms like Tesla and Amazon for decades. With around 2,000 employees across offices in London, New York, Hong Kong, and beyond, Baillie Gifford operates without external ownership pressures, allowing its 58 partners to prioritize patience and conviction over short-term market trends. Known for its low-profile culture and ESG integration, the firm has earned a reputation as a thoughtful, contrarian investor in a world of rapid-fire trading.
Top Buys
| 1 |
Alibaba
BABA
|
$273M |
| 2 |
Spotify
SPOT
|
$271M |
| 3 |
Service Corp International
SCI
|
$154M |
| 4 |
Itaú Unibanco
ITUB
|
$148M |
| 5 |
Kirby Corp
KEX
|
$134M |
Top Sells
| 1 |
TSMC
TSM
|
$436M |
| 2 |
SGEN
Seagen Inc. Common Stock
SGEN
|
$383M |
| 3 |
Trip.com Group
TCOM
|
$140M |
| 4 |
Stellantis
STLA
|
$116M |
| 5 |
Verisk Analytics
VRSK
|
$83.5M |
Sector Composition
| 1 | Consumer Discretionary | 33.7% |
| 2 | Communication Services | 17.27% |
| 3 | Healthcare | 16.98% |
| 4 | Financials | 10.38% |
| 5 | Technology | 8.26% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Shares Change % | Capital Flow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
Amazon
AMZN
$2.44T
| $6.81B | 8.85% | 4,536,366 +663 | +0% | +$996K |
|
|
2
Alibaba
BABA
$322B
| $6.48B | 8.42% | 47,311,293 +1,989,666 | +4% | +$273M |
|
3
Illumina
ILMN
$15.8B
| $4.82B | 6.26% | 16,078,282 -59,222 | -0.4% | -$17.8M |
|
4
Tesla
TSLA
$1.08T
| $4.4B | 5.72% | 13,234,382 +108,931 | +0.8% | +$36.3M |
|
5
Baidu
BIDU
$32.8B
| $2.87B | 3.73% | 18,113,194 -363,960 | -2% | -$57.7M |
|
6
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$2.58T
| $2.39B | 3.1% | 2,306,270 -4,086 | -0.2% | -$4.23M |
|
7
Meta Platforms (Facebook)
META
$1.86T
| $2.23B | 2.89% | 16,991,073 -3,093 | -0% | -$405K |
|
8
Netflix
NFLX
$513B
| $2.04B | 2.65% | 7,629,879 +136,096 | +2% | +$36.4M |
|
|
9
Spotify
SPOT
$140B
| $1.99B | 2.59% | 17,565,904 +2,388,913 | +16% | +$271M |
|
10
Mercado Libre
MELI
$125B
| $1.53B | 1.98% | 5,208,620 +117,948 | +2% | +$34.5M |
|
11
Ferrari
RACE
$85B
| $1.42B | 1.84% | 14,283,321 +39,817 | +0.3% | +$3.95M |
|
|
12
Trip.com Group
TCOM
$48.2B
| $1.3B | 1.69% | 48,210,910 -5,163,312 | -10% | -$140M |
|
13
TAL Education Group
TAL
$6.46B
| $1.26B | 1.64% | 47,409,312 -480,958 | -1% | -$12.8M |
|
14
Elevance Health
ELV
$71.8B
| $1.17B | 1.52% | 4,461,705 +9,250 | +0.2% | +$2.43M |
|
15
Mastercard
MA
$538B
| $1.11B | 1.44% | 5,891,766 +213,000 | +4% | +$40.2M |
|
16
Intuitive Surgical
ISRG
$170B
| $1.05B | 1.36% | 2,182,969 -115,475 | -5% | -$55.3M |
|
|
17
TSMC
TSM
$1.2T
| $981M | 1.27% | 26,566,985 -11,815,975 | -31% | -$436M |
|
18
Workday
WDAY
$61.6B
| $978M | 1.27% | 6,127,679 -338,994 | -5% | -$54.1M |
|
|
19
Stellantis
STLA
$27.8B
| $933M | 1.21% | 64,375,636 -8,032,844 | -11% | -$116M |
|
20
NVIDIA
NVDA
$4.24T
| $880M | 1.14% | 6,594,653 -69,938 | -1% | -$9.34M |
|
21
MarketAxess Holdings
MKTX
$6.87B
| $849M | 1.1% | 4,018,282 +335,795 | +9% | +$71M |
|
22
Moody's
MCO
$91.4B
| $840M | 1.09% | 5,994,948 +5,978 | +0.1% | +$837K |
|
23
Visa
V
$683B
| $797M | 1.04% | 6,043,924 -7,774 | -0.1% | -$1.03M |
|
24
Salesforce
CRM
$245B
| $738M | 0.96% | 5,391,565 -161,851 | -3% | -$22.2M |
|
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GRUB
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DELISTED
Just Eat Takeaway.com N.V. American Depositary Shares
GRUB
| $718M | 0.93% | 9,352,030 +821,632 | +10% | +$63.1M |
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